Morality in fables: a comparative analysis between ancient and contemporary approaches and the possibility of adapting to current issues

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.929452417092

• Palavras-chave: contemporaneity; fable; new versions.

• Keywords: contemporaneity; fable; new versions.

• Abstract:

  This work looks at the fable genre from a perspective where students can interpret it and see new possibilities for rewriting it in contemporary times. The aim of this study is to awaken and train readers who are capable not only of interpreting a text and reproducing it, but also of contextualizing action, space, time, personification and, furthermore, seeing themselves as individuals who have an impact on society should be the goal of every educator and trainer. Through action-research with the fable The Cicada and the Ant, it is considered possible to enter the universe of municipal primary school students in a country town, making a contribution towards enabling them to develop their reading and interpretation skills, perceiving new versions within the same fable, entering into current concepts, ensuring involvement and protagonism by adapting to reality.